Bag



Patented May 18, 1937 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BAG Application October 5,

2 Claims.

The invention relates particularly to handbags of the type commonly carried by ladies and contemplates providing a frame for attachment to the bag fabric which may be provided with a closure which includes a member which may be provided with receptacles for toilet appliances 4 and the like.

,In the accompanying drawing in which one form of the invention is illustrated Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag, a vertical portion being diagrammatically illustrated. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the frame and closing member, different positions the parts may take being illustrated in dotted lines.

The shape of the frame member is not essential but a rectangular frame In is illustrated. A bag of any suitable fabric may be attached to the frame member ID to which may be attached in any suitable way a usual handle ll. At its front the frame member I0 is provided with a catch member l2. At its rear the frame member ID is provided with a hinge l3 carrying a member M which is preferably the same size and shape as the frame member ID. The member I4 is provided with a downwardly extending marginal edge or flange I5 which may overhang the frame member ID and engage the catch l2 to hold it in the position indicated in full lines in Fig. 2. The member l4 may be provided with receptacles l6 for toilet articles such as powder, lipsticks and the like. At its front edge the member I4 is provided with a projecting catch ll. At its rear edge it is provided with a hinge 18 carrying a top member I9 in which may be a mirror 20. The top mem- 35 ber I9 is provided with a downwardly extending peripheral rim or flange 2| which is preferably of substantially the same shape and size as the member l4 and is so arranged that in the closed position illustrated in full lines in Fig. 2, the lower edge of the flange 2| surrounds and overhangs the member l4 and engages the catch I! to hold the lid closed.

1936, Serial No. 104,115

It is obvious that when it is desired to reach the contents of the bag the member l4 and the lid l9 may be raised as a unit as indicated at A in Fig. 2 or they may be raised separately as indicated in Fig. 1. In the position indicated in Fig. 1 access may be had not only to the contents of the bag but also to the receptacle IS in the member l4. Without exposing the contents of the bag access may be given to the receptacles IS in the member M by merely lifting the cover as indicated by B in Fig. 2.

The frame l0 and the members associated with it have been illustrated in rectangular form. This is not essential to the invention which may be embodied in other apparatus of any suitable form, nor are the other details illustrated and described essential to the present invention.

I claim as my invention 1. In a bag a frame, a catch at one side of the frame, a member adapted to hold cosmetics hinged to the other side of the frame, a depending flange about the edge of the member and of larger circumference than the frame and adapted to engage the catch, a projecting catch on the member, a cover adapted to hold a mirror overlying the cosmetic receptacles when closed and hinged to the member, and a depending flange about the margin of the cover and of larger circumference than the member and adapted to engage the projecting catch on the member.

2. In a bag frame a catch at one side of the frame, a member hinged to the other side of the frame, a depending flange about the edge of the member and lying about the frame and adapted to engage the catch, a projecting catch on the member, a cover hinged to the member, and a depending flange about the margin of the cover and of larger circumference than the member and adapted to engage the projecting catch.

WILLIAM F. BOWEN. 

